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Around in World in 52 booksAfrica
2. Congo: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror & Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
4. Egypt: Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
5. Ethiopia: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
6. Ghana: Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Manu Herbstein
8. Morocco: The Voices of Marrakesh: A Record of a Visit by Elias Canetti
10. Rwanda: An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography by Paul Rusesabagina OR We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families by Philip Gourevitch
12. South Africa: Agaat by Marlene van Niekerk OR Red Dust: A Novel by Gillian Slovo OR one of the million other books I've got on South Africa
13. Sudan: The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur by Daoud Hari OR Emma's War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan by Deborah Scroggins
14. Zanzibar (Tanzania): The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley
15. Zimbabwe: Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin
Australia & Oceania
1. Australia: The Man from Snowy River by Elyne Mitchell OR True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
2. South Pacific: The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux
Asia
1. Afghanistan: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
3. India: Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
4. Indonesia: Under the Volcano: The Story of Bali by Cameron Forbes
5. Japan: The Laws of Evening: Stories by Mary Yukari Waters
6. Malaysia: The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw
8. Papua New Guinea: Kokoda by Paul Ham
9. Thailand: Fieldwork by Mischa Berlinski
10. Vietnam: A Child's Night Dream: A Novel by Oliver Stone
Europe
1. Bosnia & Serbia: S. by Slavenka Drakulić OR The Bridge Over the Drina by Ivo Andrić OR The Cellist of Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
2. Bulgaria: Street Without a Name: Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria by Kapka Kassabova
3. England: The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
4. France: The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas OR The Paris Wife by Paula McLain OR Almost French: A New Life in Paris by Sarah Turnbull
5. Germany: The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by the Brothers Grimm OR ...
6. Hungary: Extraordinary Renditions by Andrew Ervin
8. Italy: The Sicilian Kitchen by Michele Di'Bartolo
9. Norway: Norwegian Folktales
11. Russia: Zugzwang by Ronan Bennett OR Dreams Of My Russian Summers: A Novel by Andreï Makine
12. Spain: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
13. Sweden: Hanna's Daughters: A Novel by Marianne Fredriksson
Middle East
1. Iran: Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
2. Iraq: Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad: The True Story of an Unlikely Friendship by Bee Rowlett
3. Israel: My Michael by Amos Oz
4. Lebanon: The Locust and the Bird: My Mother's Story by Hanan Al-Shaykh
5. Turkey: Snow by Orhan Pamuk OR The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
North America
1. Canada: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood OR The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
2. United States: Parrot and Olivier in America by Peter Carey OR Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks OR The Help by Kathryn Stockett
South (& Central) America
1. Argentina: Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borge
2. Colombia: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
4. Mexico: The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver
you will definitely be reading Agaat. :P
That is correct! :D I thought I may as well include it here!! You should too. ;)
yes, of course!what other countries do we have coming up in 2012? also Asmah's World Lit group will be reading in Asia, i think. Asmah picks fantastic books.
Muphym, thanks for reminding me about Fieldwork. When it was first published I douldn't get one. Then I forgot... What has always intrigued me about this book is that although it is a novel, the author and the main character in the book have the same name! Is it all fiction? Will this become clear? Do you know?Hi, Marieke!
Another idea for Sudan is Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur. It's quite a disturbing memoir of the atrocities in Darfur, so not for light readers.
Janice, that is my only book for Sudan.
Chrissie wrote: "Muphym, thanks for reminding me about Fieldwork. When it was first published I douldn't get one. Then I forgot... What has always intrigued me about this book is that although it is a..."Uh, I have no idea! I bought it really cheap at some bargain sale and just picked it up because it sounded somewhat interesting. This challenge is the perfect fit for getting through all these unread books I own! (I actually thought "Fieldwork" took place in Cambodia and then discovered that is was Thailand, oh well, that's next door I guess.)
Janice wrote: "Another idea for Sudan is Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur. It's quite a disturbing memoir of the atrocities in Darfur, so not for light readers."Thanks Janice! I'll have a look at it. (At the moment, I'm just trawling through my unread books piles and am discovering all these books set in different countries... I may not even need to buy or borrow a single book for this challenge!)
Marieke wrote: "yes, of course!what other countries do we have coming up in 2012? also Asmah's World Lit group will be reading in Asia, i think. Asmah picks fantastic books."
thks. my ears were itching. perhaps this group is a mutual admiration society.
Muphyn, the aroma from "The Sicilian Kitchen" is divine. I'm shelving it in TBR.
Muphyn; I do believe Fieldworks is pure fiction. Please let me know when you readit. I can read you review if you have one. :0)
Judy wrote: "Asmah wrote: "Muphyn, the aroma from "The Sicilian Kitchen" is divine. I'm shelving it in TBR."I caught a whiff of it and added it, too. Smells a little spicy but with a hint of sweet. :-)"
I KNOW!! And I got it as such a bargain! :D It's quite a nice edition too, a big book though, not something you'd want to carry around with you for commuting or whatever.
I think I've got Fieldwork around here somewhere.... We just remodeled and moved a bunch of furniture so it's a little like the Collyer brothers in here.
Ha-ha. The list of countries from Jenny transformed into a map of countries by Muphyn. That's how it works. Thanks for showing how it's done!!
Hehe - yes, that and I also wanted something for Ukraine. :) The map came out looking a bit weird though, all squashed together.
The map looks amazing, Murphyn. I want one too :)
Pragya (have to study textbooks)!! wrote: "The map looks amazing, Murphyn. I want one too :)"You can easily get it from TravelBlog! All you have to do is tick the countries you want to 'travel' to and then generate a map. The website generates some lovely html code that you can then paste into the comment box - and voila, you have a map! :D
Muphyn wrote: "Pragya (have to study textbooks)!! wrote: "The map looks amazing, Murphyn. I want one too :)"You can easily get it from TravelBlog! All you have to do is tick the countries you want to 'travel' t..."
Wow! Thanks Muphyn. Will give it a shot! :)
Books readAya ★★★★
Half of a Yellow Sun ★★★
Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad ★★★
The White Masai: My Exotic Tale of Love and Adventure ★★
Wide Sargasso Sea ★★
Or rather I've only just now recorded them... ;)
Muphyn wrote: "Visited Countries Map from TravelBlog"
I love this, thank you for the link. I haven't travelled that much as you have, but it's nice to follow my own progress.
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Look forward to getting more suggestions and ideas so feel free to comment etc. I like to keep my TBR-shelf out of control... :)